It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Because there's no place like home.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Tatar Russian in origin, the largest mosque in Japan is now an Ottoman-style Turkish culture center.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Life-sized statues of two characters from a decades-long Japanese film series stand outside Shibamata station.

The only Edo-period ferry that is still in operation in Tokyo today.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

A lone railway-crossing post, left behind as a modest monument to Tokyo’s mercantile past

One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."